The Biblical Doctrine of Election
The general plan of God with respect to the Universe we call God’s Counsel; His specific plan of the church is called Election.
The general plan of God with respect to the Universe we call God’s Counsel; His specific plan of the church is called Election.
The ability of a plant to live depends on the root from which it springs. He who would guarantee our liberty to us should know where it originated and be able to tell whence it came.
In keeping with an ancient custom, it will be a rule at our University that the exchange of the rectorate shall be accompanied by an oration; and it is preferred that each rector shall take a theme from his own department.
The question of how human beings are to live together in the proper use of the goods the Creator placed in this world, has always been and is today one of greatest importance.
Baptism is not complete without its complement, the holy supper. When an infant is born into the world, the nurse who is in attendance washes it, because it is born unclean. It needs bathing, but that is not all it needs. It also needs food.
It was not from Greece or Rome that the regeneration of human life came forth;—that mighty metamorphosis dates from Bethlehem and Golgotha.
We only knew him for a little while and during that time he never spoke a comprehensible word. And yet Father, during that short time he worked his way into our hearts and into our affection so that we will not forget him until the day we die.
It has been the confession of the Church since its earliest days that God created all things and constantly maintains them in existence.
In 1630, Descartes wrote a letter to Mersenne in which he stated a doctrine which was to shock his contemporaries… It was so unorthodox and so contrary to the prevailing theological opinion that Descartes was reluctant to make it public.
In two extensive volumes Spengler expounded the well-known thesis that the law of birth, maturity, and death applies not only to plants and animals but holds equally for civilizations.